The Bedell Guitars Coffee House series of instruments are exquisitely crafted to revive the spirit that inspired the incredible music of the counterculture era: Adirondack spruce tops from individually harvested trees, sustainably grown Indian rosewood backs and sides and a handcrafted Koa binding. Available in parlor, orchestra...

Four men have been accused of poaching old-growth maple from a Washington state National Forest and have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Seattle. The four men allegedly illegally logged the massive big leaf maples to use to build pricey musical instruments....

Talk to take control of the domestic ivory trade is fueling. President Obama announced on July 25th that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services is proposing new regulations that would prohibit most interstate commerce in African elephant ivory. In response to a growing poaching...

At Bedell Guitars, we honor every tree we turn into instruments. We know the characteristics of the wood in each tree vary in density, frequency and appearance. Honoring this gift of Mother Nature demands that we understand the music wood potential in every soundboard...

In our increasingly digital world, technology and environmentalists collide. More and more companies and NGO’s are helping to bring illegal logging to a halt. How? Tree Tagging. Tree tagging is the process of identifying a tree once taken from a forest and gives the...